General News Archive - July 02, 2006

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq on Sunday named Saddam Hussein's
eldest daughter and his first wife on a list of 41 "most
wanted" in connection with terrorism. Saddam's daughter, Raghd, has taken a leading role in
organizing her father's legal defense for crimes against
humanity.

By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Thunderstorms
threatened NASA's plan to launch space shuttle Discovery on
Sunday on a mission critical to the future of the shuttle
program and the half-built International Space Station.

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli helicopter fired a missile into
the empty office of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh
on Sunday in an apparent signal the Hamas leader could be
targeted unless militants release an abducted soldier.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al
Qaeda in Iraq killed this month in a U.S. air strike, has been
buried in a secret grave in Iraq, Iraq's national security
adviser said on Sunday.

By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq on Sunday named Saddam Hussein's
eldest daughter and first wife on its most-wanted list along
with top Baathists and al Qaeda's new leader in Iraq, a day
after the bloodiest bombing in three months killed over 60.

By Richard Waddington GENEVA (Reuters) - WTO chief Pascal Lamy, known for his
love of long-distance running, will need sprinter-like speed if
he is to get a breakthrough in snarled global free trade talks
in the month or so that has been given.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A bomb exploded in a market in a town
just south of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least three people,
but police said the toll could rise. A source at a Baghdad hospital said they were treating 21
wounded from the explosion in Mahmudiya and had received three
corpses.

By Alistair Bell MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexicans voted for a new president
on Sunday, torn between joining a resurgent left-wing camp in
Latin America or sticking to pro-business policies and a close
alliance with the United States. In a country crucial to U.S.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
said on Sunday he had ordered the army to "intensify" action in
the Gaza Strip aimed at forcing Palestinian militants to free a
captured soldier.

By Daniel Flynn BANJUL (Reuters) - Europe and the United States should
apologize to Africa for the cruelties of slavery, Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday, calling on African states
to resist modern day U.S. colonialism.

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